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How many kinds of sentences are there? The later Wittgenstein would say that

    { 1 } - there are two kinds: simple and complex.
    { 2 } - there are four kinds: declarative, interrogatory, imperative, and exclamatory.
    { 3 } - we can divide up sentences in various ways -- so how many "kinds" there are depends on our purposes.

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How many kinds of sentences are there? The later Wittgenstein would say that

This is early Wittgenstein.

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How many kinds of sentences are there? The later Wittgenstein would say that

    { 1 } - there are two kinds: simple and complex.
    { 2 } - there are four kinds: declarative, interrogatory, imperative, and exclamatory.
    { 3 } - we can divide up sentences in various ways -- so how many "kinds" there are depends on our purposes.

This would be the answer if we were discussing grammar.

In other contexts, we might be interested in other distinctions -- for example, short vs. long sentences, true vs. false sentences, or literal vs. metaphorical sentences.

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How many kinds of sentences are there? The later Wittgenstein would say that

    { 1 } - there are two kinds: simple and complex.
    { 2 } - there are four kinds: declarative, interrogatory, imperative, and exclamatory.
    { 3 } - we can divide up sentences in various ways -- so how many "kinds" there are depends on our purposes.

The question about "how many kinds" doesn't make clear sense without a further context.

When discussing grammar, we may be interested in dividing sentences into declarative, interrogatory, imperative, and exclamatory groups. In other contexts, we might be interested in other distinctions -- for example, short vs. long sentences, true vs. false sentences, or literal vs. metaphorical sentences.

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